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Thursday, 12 September 2013

I am so sorry for the lack of posting over here, but I've been so busy with so many things and I am on the verge of panicking because I still have things to do and they don't seem the get them done.

Well, I'm not the only one being busy, because meanwhile Rae Hachton wrote another book. You will be surprised to see that this time the story is pinker and so is the cover. I honestly can't wait to read her new book The Summer of Me & You, which will be released this month, but until then, this is what's happening:

A super seven days blog tour with reviews, interviews, excerpts and more. So don't miss them out.

Here is a little something about the book and a teaser:

Synopsis:

This is the summer of first love. The summer of magic. The Summer of Me and You.

Kaleb
has loved Kayleigh ever since first grade, even if he's never admitted
it to anyone. Not even himself. But this summer, that's about to change.

Kaleb's had a troubled past, and Kayleigh's life has always
been perfect. He'd love nothing more than to be the guy who ruins it
all, and make her fall for him against her mother's wishes.

Kayleigh
is a complete nerd. She's got the glasses to prove it. She just knows
that a guy like Kaleb would never really want to be with a girl like
her. So she's going to avoid him at all costs.

But then why do they always end up hanging out together?

When a secret that both their parents kept from them comes out, it will define the true meaning of love.

But
when this summer ends, will Kaleb and Kayleigh have to say goodbye, or
is this just the beginning of many more summers to come?

Teaser for The Summer of Me & You

“What?!” I flew up from the couch. I already had a headache. “I'm going to my room. If you need me for anything I won't respond.”

“Okay, but you can't avoid me forever. We're going to talk about this eventually.”

“Why are you so concerned with my life anyway?”

“Because. I live vicariously through you my darling.” She flashed me a smile.

“Well, if that's true, you have no life, in both senses of the meaning.”

“I'm about to.”

“How's that?”

“I have a mission-a purpose. I'm going to help my idiotic son win back the love of his teenage life.”

“You shouldn't tempt me, Kaleb. I really do have an ugly stick and it has your name written all over it.”

“I'll take my chances.”

“You seem to be doing that a lot lately. Look where it's gotten you so far.”

I reached down to the coffee table and scooped up all the magazines.

“What are you doing?!” she cried.

“Throwing these in the trash. You never read them anyway.”

“Yes I do!”

“Oh really? Then tell me, what lovely article were you reading when you eavesdropped on me and Kayleigh?”

“That's easy. From Parenting magazine: Thirteen signs that there's a good chance your son was dropped on his head as an infant.”

I sniggered. “You do realize that would involve the high probability that you were a terrible and neglectful mother, though, right? I mean, if that did happen, it wasn't my fault, it was yours. So, no offense taken.”

“Shit,” she said. “Okay, fine. You win this round. But the game is on.”

“I have the weirdest mother on the planet.”

“I know. Aren't you just blessed?”

This is a discussion between Kaleb and his mother. I think it's hilarious, what do you think?

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Monday, 27 May 2013

The new covers are here, but also a new surprise inside the books. I must admit that this is a first for me and I find it really cool and very fitting with the theme of the books.
First thing, the new covers' designs:

And now for the surprise. The interior pages are black with white font. This is the first time I am hearing about it and I think it's really cool. It just screams Pretty in Black and I think I am a huge fan of the new versions. :D

Take a look:

And the best thing is that you will find the new look in e-book format as well and these are already online if you want to buy them.

Sunday, 5 May 2013

Hello there, I come with great news about the Pretty in Black series. These are good for those that haven't got the chance to read the books, but also for those that are fans of them.

Surprise #1

Pretty in Black Omnibus Edition

PRETTY IN BLACK DELUXE PAPERBACK EDITION.This
edition contains all three novels so far in the series (Pretty in
Black, Black Satin and Raven in the Grave) underneath one binding and is
available for purchase on Amazon and Amazon Europe.

Surprise #2

Pretty in Black is now available on Kobo and Rae wrote on her blog a mini-guide on how to buy from there no matter what country you are in:

The e-book will then sync to the Kobo App and you will be able to read!

She thought that since readers in Asia could use this to read books,
then perhaps readers from other countries, such as my Romanian readers
(!!!) could try to see if this worked for them as well!!!

In the about KOBO section,
it says that they have readers in over 200 countries! That's pretty
exciting! I think I'm starting to really like Kobo. I believe you can
also transfer purchased books to read on a different device, but I'm not
absolutely for certain. I'm checking more into it.

Pretty in Black, Black Satin, Raven in the Grave, and Frankie's Monster are all available on Kobo

If you are in a country outside of the USA and you have success with
this Kobo App + book purchase experiment, please e-mail me or leave a
comment in the comment box letting me know what Country you're from and
that it worked for you!

I'm really excited about this because readers from different places in
the world have been emailing me inquiring about how they can read my
books. Amazon restricts certain countries from being able to purchase
e-books.

Also, my e-books have not made it back to Sony or i-books just yet, nor
have my paperbacks made it the The Book Depository or any other book
site asides from Amazon, but I am working really hard on making this
possible very soon.

I know I've been changing things and updating my e-books frequently, and
there may be a few more slight changes in the future before I am
completely finished with updates. Do not worry though, as the content of
the story stays very much the same. None of this will be changed. I am
mostly doing things like Cover Changes and making sure the e-books have
TOC (table of contents). And if I find any typos, I correct those as
well :) Sometimes, no matter how much editing a book gets, little tiny
things tend to slip through.

If you purchase an e-book from any e-book site, an update should be
available for that book. I noticed that on my Kindle Fire the e-book
update automatically for me in my library, reflecting the changes. So
you will not have to re-purchase an e-book in order to receive the
updates.